Gillian Flynn

It’s been a while since a writer has left me in a cloudy haze, my knees wobbly and school girl grin fixed firmly on my face. I want to shout “I’m in love!” Except I don’t want those close to me to become too excited about an ostensible attachment—since what I mean is, I’m in love with Gone Girl, the fabulously addictive third novel from Gillian Flynn. In this book, she hits the nail on the head with characters Amy and Nick, a husband and wife duo soon-to-be a discordant mess. When Amy is found missing, a mystery so captivating unfolds that you’ll continue reading at the dinner table (I’m not sorry, dinner companions). The dialogue is so funny you’ll find yourself giggling out loud while in line to buy shampoo, thinking “Agatha Who?” There’s a new reigning queen of mystery and this is one monarch that may be impossible to dethrone.